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DRAFTS IX KENTUCKY DURING CIVIL WAR. 



LETTER 

FROM 

THE SECRETARY OF WAR, 

TRANSMITTING, 

IN RESPONSE TO SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 63, BY MR. BRADLEY, 
OF JULY 2, 1909, A LETTER FROM THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF 
THE ARMY SETTING FORTH SUCH INFORMATION AS IT IS POS- 
SIBLE TO FURNISH CONCERNING THE DRAFTS IN THE STATE OF 
KENTUCKY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. 



July 26, 1909. — Referred to the Committee on .Military Aftair.^^ and ordered to be 

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War Department, 

Wasliington, July 23, 1909. 
Sir. Referring to Senate resolution dated July 2 instant, directing 
the Secretary of War — 

to report to the Senate a full history of the drafts in the State of Kentucky during 
the civil war, with a statement of facts and orders relating thereto, and showing the 
number of men actually credited to the State and to each county of the State at the 
time of the drafts, and the number of men with which each county should have been 
credited if a proper distribution of credits had been made before the drafts were 
ordered or put into execution; and the number of men drafted who furnished sub- 
stitutes or paid commutation money from each t-ounty of the State, and such other 
information concerning quotas and credits as to clearly show the number of citizens 
of Kentucky drafted in 1864 who would not have been drafted had the redistribution 
of credits as ordered in April, 1864, been made prior to said drafts — 

I have the honor to transmit herewith a letter from The Adjutant- 
General of the Army, dated July 21 instant, submitting a tabulated 
statement setting forth such information as it is possible to furnish 
from the official records in the War De])artment concerning — 

(1) ''The number of men actually credited to the State and to 
each county of the State" in the six districts in which drafts were 
held in Kentucky in 1864 under the call of March 14; 

(2) The number of men with which each count}- in which there 
was a draft under the first call "should have been credited if a proper 



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distribution of credits had been made" before the draft under thy 
call of March 14 was ordered or put into execution; and 

(3) Information as to quotas and credits showing; 'Hlie number 
of citizens of Kentucky drafted in 1864 who would not have been 
drafted had the redistribution of credits, as ordered in April, 1864, 
been made prior to said drafts;" too;ether with a statement showing- 
credits and quotas on Auoust 31, 1864, which is the nearest date 
preceding- the commencement of the second draft concerning; which 
pertinent information can be g;iven; and explaining- why it is imprac- 
ticable to ascertain the names of individuals and other facts reg;arding; 
men drafted in excess in Bracken County, or in any of the thirteen 
other counties particularly referred to therein, except upon the pres- 
entation of individual cases accompanied with sufhcient informa- 
tion to enable the department to make intelligently the search of 
the records recjuired and to identify the proper record in each case 
if it can be found. 

Very respectfully, J. ^I. Dickinson, 

Secretary of War. 

The President of the Senate. 



SENATK RESOLUTION NO. 03. RiCLATING TO DR.VFTS TII-:LD IX TIIK ST.VTF. OF KEN- 
TUCKY during THE CIVIL WAK. 

Owing; to the wording- of this resolution it is not clear whether a 
report is desired setting- forth a full history of all drafts held in the 
State of Kentucky during; the ciYil war, as iiulicated by the first part 
of the resolution, or whether a history is desired only of such drafts 
as were held in the State during; the year 1S64, as indicated b\- the 
closing; words of the resolution. Inasmuch, however, as the validity 
of drafts held in the State of Kentucky in 1864 only has been made 
the subject of controvers}', and as no question has ever been raised, 
so far as known to this olhce, in the Court of Claiins or elsewhere, 
concerning- the validity of drafts held in that State in other years, it 
is evident that the object of this resolution is to obtain facts con- 
cerning; drafts held in the State only during' the year 1864, and report 
is made herein acc()rding;ly. 

A statement of the facts and orders relating; to drafts held in the 
State of Kentucky in the year 1864, tog;ether with a history of those 
drafts, is set forth in a letter that was addressetl by this ollice on 
Aug;ust 1, 1907, to Hon. J. A. Van Orsdel, then Assistant Attorney- 
General, a copy of which letter is as follows: 

Wak Department, 
The Adjutant-General's Office, 

Washington, August 1, 1907. 

Sir: Referring to the petition in the case of J. W. (dements v. the Ignited States 
(Cong. No. 11917 sub. 11), which is returned herewith under a separate indorsement, 
your attention js invited to the fact that the information furnished pertains to a person 
who was drafted September 21, 18(34, from (3wen County, Ky., and that the petitioner 
refers to the case of one John H. Marshall. The facts in these two cases are not at all 
similar, but in order that the matter may be thoroughly understood the following is 
submitted for yuur nonsideration: 

For convenienct- in enrolling and calling out the national forces during the civil war, 
the loyal States were divided, in 18(33, into various districts, which were called enroll- 
ment "districts and which corresponded for the most part with the congressional dis- 
tricts of the vario^is States. Whenever it became necessary to call out the national 
forces for military Service designation was made by the military authorities of the 

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number of men to be raised from each district. This designation or apportionment 
was always made, as far as possible, according to population, and to facilitate the 
apportionment each district was divided into subdistricts, which, in sparsely settled 
communities, were sometimes composed of a number of counties. In designating the 
num.ber of men to be raised in any particular district or subdistrict, credit was always 
given to such district and subdistrict for men furnished under prior calls. In making 
these apportionments the numbers of voluntary enlistments and reenlistments, as 
well as the number of drafted men held to service, were always taken into considera- 
tion with a view to equalize the number of men thereafter to be furnished. Credit 
was given to districts and subdistricts for men furnished by them, and the numbers 
of men so furnished were familiarly known as "credits." 

On March 1, 18()4, the adjutant-general of the State. of Kentucky suggested a redis- 
tribution of the credits of that State on the ground that due credit for men previously 
raised had not been properly given to the various communities of the State. The 
military authorities of the United States, who had oversight of the matter and who 
always kept a careful account of men raised in various districts and subdistricts, 
in^•estigated the matter of credits allowed in the State of Kentucky, and, as a result of 
the investigation, ordered April 12, 1864, that a readjustment be made of the credits 
of the various subdistricts of the State in order that each locality might have proper 
credit for men previously furnished. The redistribution of credits did not affect in 
any way the total number of men to the credit of the State as a whole, or to the credit 
of any district in the State, and at no time did the State or any district thereof have 
any excess of credits. The redistribution did, however, make a change in credits 
in the subdistricts, including nearly every county in the State. Some counties were 
found tti have furnished more than their legal quota of men, while other counties were 
shown to have been deficient in this respect. For instance, the credits of Pendleton 
County were increased under this redistribution from 550 to 948. So that if the county 
had furnished all the men that it had been called upon to furnish (which was called its 
quota) previously to the redistribution it would have furnished 398 men more than 
what was considered on April 12, 1864, as its just share. As stated abo.ve, the redis- 
tribution was ordered on April 12, 1864, but it does not appear that it was actually 
made until (m or about July 21, IS64, on which date it was ascertained that Pendleton 
County had previously furnished a surplus of 354 men. 

On March 14, 1864, the call of the President for 200,000 men for the military service 
was issued and in order to furnish its jjroportionate number of men it was necessary, 
as the quotas and credits were then recorded, to resort to draft in Pendleton and other 
counties of the State of Kentucky, the number of men drafted from each c-ounty being 
determined by the assignment under such call, taking into consideration the credits 
to which the various counties were entitled for men previously furnished. The draft 
under this call was made in the \arious districts of the State from May 10 to July 27, 
1864, and as the redistribution ordered by the military authorities April 12, 1864, was 
not actually made until on or about July 21, 1864, credit was given to the various 
counties of the State for men furnished as shown by the record of credits prior to the 
redistribution of credits. It thus resulted that in Pendleton County, for instance, 
some 219 men were drafted prior to July 21, 1864, under the call of March 14, 1864, who 
would not have been drafted had the redistribution ordered April 12, 1864, been 
carried into effect prior to the draft; and similar conditions existed in some other 
counties of the State. On the other hand, had the redistribution of credits been made 
prior to the draft it would have been necessary in many of the counties of Kentucky 
to have drafted a much larger number of men than was actually drafted under the call 
in question. 

There were two drafts in Kentucky in 1864, one under the call of March 14, 1864, 
and the other under the call of July 18, 1864. There has never been any question 
whatever as to the legality of the draft in any part of Kentucky under the second call, 
which was held subsequently to September 5, 1864, but numerous claims were made 
to this department under the provisions of the acts of Congress approved February 28, 
1867 (14 Stat. L., 417), and March 1, 1869 (15 Stat. L., 282), by persons drafted in Ken- 
tucky under the call of March 14, 1864, for reimbursement of moneys paid by them 
for substitutes or as commutation money to secure discharge from obligation to render 
personal service. The basis of the claims is the contention that at the dates when 
they were drafted under the call of March 14, 1864, the quota of the county from which 
they were drafted was full and complete and that they were not, therefore, legally 
subject to draft. Or, in other words, it was contended that all men drafted in Ken- 
tucky under the call of March 14, 1864, in counties to which the credits they were 
found to be entitled to under the redistribution mentioned above had not been given 
were illegally drafted, because had such credits been given prior t , the draft there 
would have been no draft at nil in mauv of the counties of the State. 



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In crediting troops, the ^^'ar Department stood prepared to credit States with any 
deficiency chiimed, upon the ])roduclion of satisfactory evidence that the numbers 
credited failed to do justice. In case of the allowance of any deficiency found, cr<'dit 
was duly given, but such credit was never applied to relieve men furnished prior to 
the date of the allowances, but did relieve the locality concerned on future calls. 
Moreover, credits were never viewed as passed and finally allowed until they had been 
actually distributed and assigned by the proper district officers. A different arrange- 
ment would have allowed a drafted man to claim discharge at any lime after entry 
into servi<'e, on the ground that subsequently to his draft it had been ascertained that 
at the date thereof his locality was exempt by virtue of its quota being full. 

Claims for reimbursement of the character mentioned were invariably rejected by 
the department on the ground that the redistribution of credits was not retroactive in 
its effect and in no way changed the status of men who had been ]ireviousIy drafted, 
such credits serving merely to relieve the county or district under future calls. 

It seems to be clear fi'om the foregoing that the only men drafted in Kentucky in 
1864 who have any equitable claim for relief whatever are those men who were drafted 
under the first call in counties in which there was an excess of credits over quotas 
as a result of the readjustment of credits ordered April 12, 1864. Such conditions 
existed in the following-named comities only: (Jrittenden, Ohio, Grayson, Butler, 
Green, Adair, Taylor, Case^^ Jefferson, Pendleton, Grant, Mercer, and Lincoln. 
None of the men drafted in any of those counties between May 10 and July 27, 1864, 
would have been drafted had the redistribution of credits ordered April 12, 1864, been 
promptly made; but such redistribution did not affect in any way the draft of men 
in other counties of the State between those dates or the draft of men in any of the 
counties under the second call, which was held after Se]jtember 5, 1864. 

John H. Marshall, referred to in the petition herewith, was drafted in Pendleton 
County, Ky., June 6, 1864, and consequently would not have been drafted had the 
readjustment of credits been made before the draft; but John Clements, on the other 
hand, was drafted under the call of July 18, 1864, aftei- the I'eadjustment of credits 
was made, and in Owen County, wdiich was largely deficient in credits both before 
and after the readjustment. And it has been observed that many other calls for 
information in Kentucky drafted cases pertain to men who were drafted in counties 
in which the status of men drafted was not affected in any way by the redistribution 
of credits and that many other calls for information in cases of this character pertain 
to men who were drafted under the second call, after the redistribution of credits was 
actually made. As pointed out above, however, there appears to be no basis what- 
ever for such claims, and if this view of the case is correct it would seem that there 
is no necessity for furnishing any information from the records of this department 
pertaining to the draft or release of men who allege draft in comities of the State other 
than those 13 counties specifically set forth above, or relating to men who are known 
to have been drafted after September 5. 1^64. 

This department desu'es to receive an expression of your views with respect to this 
phase of the matter in order that there may be a mutual understanding concerning 
the furnishing of information from the records of the department in this class of cases. 
Very respectfully, 

F. C. AiNSWORTH, 

TJk' Adjutant-Gencml. 
Hon. J. A. Van Orsuel. 

Assistant Attorney-Gmcral, Departinrnt of Jnstkc. 

As set fortli in the letter above quoted, there were two (h-afts hehl 
in the State of Kentucky in tlie year 1864 — one under tlu^ call of March 
14, 1864, and the other under the call of Jtily 18, 1864 — and in some 
localities it was necessary to resort to supplemental drafts in order 
to raise the number of men re{}uired. There was no (h"aft under the 
call of ^tlarch 14, 1864, in any county of the third, eio:Jith, or ninth 
districts of Kentucky. There is inclosed lierewitli a tabulated state- 
ment (Xo. 1 ) which sets forth such information as it is possible to 
furt;ish from the official records in the War Department concerning 
(1) "the number of men actually credited to the State and to each 
county of the State" in the six (listricts in which drafts were held in 
Kentucky ii.' 1864 under the call of March 14, 1864; (2) the number 
of men with \ liich each ccumty in which there was a draft luuler the 
first call "should have been credited if a proj)er distribution of credits 



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had been made" before the draft under the call of March 14. 1864, 
was ordered or put into execution; and (3) information concerning- 
quotas and credits showing "the number of citizens of Kentuckv 
drafted in 1864 who would not have been drafted had the redistribu- 
tion of credits, as ordered in April, 1864, been made prior to said 
drafts." 

Owing to the method employeil in keeping records of quotas, 
credits, and drafts pertaining to the State of Kentucky in 1864, and 
to the incompleteness of these records, it is impossible to furnish 
reliable data concerning quotas and credits of Kentucky at the time 
of the draft held in that State under the call of July 18, 1864, which 
occurred in different counties after September 19, i864, but a tabu- 
lated statement (No. 2) showing Kentucky quotas and credits on 
August 31, 1864, which is the nearest date preceding the commence- 
ment of the draft untler the call of July 18, 1864, concerning which 
pertinent infornuition can be given, is also inclosed herewith. 

It is also impossible, because of the incompleteness of the records 
and of the method employed in keeping them, to furnish a statement 
showing "the number of men drafted who furnished substitutes 
or paid commutation money from each county of the State," but 
it is shown by the records that in the State, as a whole, 9,186 men were 
drafted under the call of March 14, 1864; that of this number, in 
order to fill the quota of the State, 421 were held to personal service, 
531 furnished substitutes, and 3,241 paid comuuitation money; that 
16,805 men were drafted in the State under the call of July 18, 1864, 
ami that of this number, in order to fill the state quota, 1 ,439 were held 
to personal service, 1,981 furnished substitutes, and 24 paid comnuita- 
tion money. These numbers are taken from the final report of tlie 
Provost-Marshal-General, but the draft registers show a different 
total of men drafted under the call of March 14, 1864, as indicated 
by Table No. 1, herewith. 

The facts set forth in the letter of August 1, 1907, quoted herein- 
before, were furnished the Department of Justice, not upon the call 
of that department nor upon the request of the Court of Claims, but 
in order that the conditions which existed at the time with regard 
to the drafts in question miglit be thoroughly understood by that 
clejiartment and that court and by all persons in interest and in 
order that this presentation of facts might serve as an aid in pass- 
ing upon the large number of individual claims that had been pre- 
sented to that court. The Vfar Department has always promptly 
furnished to the Department of Justice and to the Court of Claims, 
upon request therefor, all the pertinent information afforded by the 
official records concerning the drafts in question, and has always 
promptly responded to any such request for infoimation of that cliar- 
acter. 

No complaint or even intimation has ever reached the War De- 
partment from the De])artment of Justice or the Court of Claims to 
the effect that either is dissatisfied with reports rendered in these 
cases, or that either desires any of the data called for in the accom- 
panying Senate resolution, or that either desires more infoimation, 
obtainable from the War Department records, than the department 
has already furnished or is ready and willing to furni^^i upon call 
therefor. In this connection attention is invited to tht following 
copy of a lettei' that was addressed to the War Dej)artment on 



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August 7, 19G7, by Hon. J. A. Van Orsdel, then Assistant Attorney- 
General, in response to the ck:)sing paragrapli of the letter addressed 
to him by the department on August 1, 1907: 

Department ok Justice, 
Washington, August 7, 1907. 

Siii: III reply to a report from The Adjutant-General, dated August 1, 1907, in the 
case of J. W. Clements v. U. S., No. 11917 — Sub. 11, and a report from The Adjutanr 
General, dated August 6, 1907, in the cases of Sophia Birdsoiig, a widow of William 
Birdsong, deceased. Congressional No. 11907 — Sub A, and A. J. Musselman, Congres- 
sional No. 11,908 — Sub. C, relating to the status of Kentucky drafted men under the 
calls of March 14, 1864, and July 18. 1864, and to the status of the claimants in par- 
ticular, I would say that motions to dismiss have l^een made in the above-entitled 
cases, upon the ground that the quota of the counties in Kentticky from which the 
claimants were drafted were not full at the time the drafts were made, and that the 
whole matter of the liability of the United States for drafts made tinder the calls of 
March 14 and July 18, 1864, will be brotight to the attention of the court. 

In the meantime, it would appear useless for your department to furnish reports in 
cases where the claimants were drafted under the call of March 14, 1864, in any of the 
counties other than the thirteen specified in the report first referred to. or in any of 
the cases where the claimants were drafted under the call of July 18, 1907 (should be 
1864). 

Very respectfully, J. A. Van Orsuel, 

Assistant A Itorney-Gencral . 

The Secretary of ^VAK. 

It will thus })e seen that the De])artment of Justice is in entire 
accord with the course of the War Department in furnishing informa- 
tion from the official records for use in the Court of Claims in connec- 
tion with suits brought therein for refundment of money paid for 
substitutes or as commutation by Kentucky drafted men. It is not 
at all unlikely, however, that various claim agents have been and are 
now dissatisfied because they have been unable to obtain informa- 
tion from the official records in the War Department for use in working 
up, to their own profit, individual claims in this class of cases. 

As set forth in the letter of August 1 , 1907, (|Uoted above, there was 
an excess of credits over quotas, as a result of the readjustment of 
credits ordered on April 12, 1864, in but thirteen counties of the State 
of Kentucky, viz, Crittenden, Ohio, Grayson, Butler, Green, Adair, 
Taylor, Casey, Jefferson, Pendleton, Grant, Mercer, and Lincoln, as 
will fully appear upon a comparison of the numbers pei-taining to 
drafts in those counties set forth in Table No. 1, herewith. Inasmuch, 
therefore, as the credits of those counties, as readjusted, exceeded the 
([uotas thereof, no draft wotild liave been held in any of those thirteen 
counties under the call of March 14, 1804, had the readjustment of 
credits been made promptly. But no such excess of credits over 
c{uotas, by reason of the adjustment ordered in April, 1864, existed 
in any other county of the State. 

Prior to the redistribution of credits ordered April 12, 1864, and 
during the progress of such redistribution it was found necessary in 
many of the counties of the State to resort to supplemental drafts in 
order to raise the number of men required to meet deficiencies in 
earlier drafts held imder the call of March 14, 1864, arising from rejec- 
tions of some of the men so drafted, failures of some others to report, 
and for other reasons. In this connection it is deemed proper to 
state that the numbers of men actually drafted, as shown by Table 
No. 1, represent tlie numbers drafted under the original as well as the 
supplemental drafts held under the call of March 14, 1864. 



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Had the redistribution of credits ordered on April 12, 1864, been 
made promptly, it probabh' would have been necessary, in those coun- 
ties in which the readjustment resulted in a loss of credits, to draft a 
much larger number of men than was actually drafted under the con- 
ditions before readjustment. Even in the counties in which there was 
a gain in credits by the readjustment it is not at all certain that any 
fewer men woidd have been drafted had the readjustment been made 
promptly than were actually drafted before that readjustment. This 
is so because in making the original draft in Kentucky under the call 
of March 14, 1864, only the actual number of men represented by the 
numerical deficiencies existing between quotas and credits were 
drafted. Many of the men so drafted, the percentage varyino- in 
different localities, were rejected for one cause or another or failed to 
report when notified to do so. In this way the number of drafted 
men who were finally accepted always fell far below the number of 
men who were actually drafted, and consequently the original drafts 
held in Kentucky under the ccA] cf March 14, 1864, were entirely 
inade(|uate to produce the number of men required, and supplemental 
drafts were resorted to in order to supply deficiencies. In these sup- 
plemental drafts 50 per cent, and in some localities 100 per cent, more 
men were drafted than the number represented by the numerical 
deficiencies existing at the time of the supplemental drafts. Thus 
the fact that in some counties the readjustment resulted in a gain of 
credits and that the number of men actually drafted was in excess of 
the numerical deficiencies that existed after the credits were read- 
justed is bv no means evidence that the draft \\'as excessive or tliat 
there were any men drafted in those counties who would not have 
been drafted had the readjustment, ordered in April, 1864, been 
promptly made. 

For instance, in Lyon County, which was in the first district, 
there was a gain of 55 credits resulting from the readjustment, leav- 
ing a deficiency of 61 credits still existing after the readjustment of 
credits in that county. A total number of 116 men was drafted in 
that county under the call of March 14, 1864. Thus, apparently, 
55 men were drafted wdio should not have been drafted in that county 
had the readjustment been made promptly. The records show, 
however, that the 116 men so draftetl not only failed to produce the 
116 men that were deficient before readjustment, but failed to pro- 
duce even the 61 men required to meet the deficiency in the county 
which existed after the readjustment of credits was made. There- 
fore, instead of there being 55 men drafted in that county who should 
not have been drafted had the readjustment been made promptly, 
there still remained a deficiency after the readjustment of credits. 
In other words, more than 116 men should have been drafted in order 
to raise the 61 men required by the readjustment. 

Furthermore, the official records indicate that in every county of 
the State of Kentucky save one (Bracken County), in which supple- 
mental drafts were held, but concerning which it is impossible to fur- 
nish definite numbers, additional to those set forth in the accom- 
panying tables, the readjustment of credits ordered on April 12, 1864, 
was either actually made before the final supplemental drafts held 
in the various counties were completed or the supplemental drafts 
so held in those counties failed to produce the number of men re- 



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quired to meet the deficiencies between quotas and credits that 
existed after the credits of those counties were finally adjusted. 

It will be seen, therefore, that in those counties in which supple- 
mental drafts were held, with the possible exception of Bracken 
County, which was in the sixth district, any question as to the 
validity of the drafts so held in those counties under the call of March 
14, 1864, is eliminated entirely, because the final supplemental drafts 
held in the counties in question did not produce more men than w'ere 
required either before or after readjustment. 

vVhile the excess of credits over quotas which resulted from the 
readjustment of credits ordered in April, 1864, would have rendered 
no draft necessary in any of the 13 counties particularl}^ mentioned 
above, and while no such condition existed with respect to any county 
of the State of Kentucky other than in those 1.3 counties, yet upon a 
recent examination of the official records concerning the matter it 
seems probable that, by reason of the large gain in credits in Bracken 
County, resulting from the readjustment, a fewer number of men 
would have been drafted in that county had the readjustment been 
made promptly than were actually drafted in that c<nmty before the 
readjustment, as wdll further appear by reference to Table No. 1. It 
will be seen thereby that there was a deficiency in that county before 
readjustment of 1.56 credits. To meet this deficiency 208 men were 
drafted under the original an<l supplemental drafts held in that county. 
After the readjustment of credits it was found that there was only a 
deficiency of 19 credits in that county. The drafts of 208 men 
resulted in producing more than the 10 men required to meet the 
readjusted condition of crecHts, and consequently it is apparent that 
some men were drafted in that county who would not have been 
drafted had the readjustment of credits been made promptly. It is 
impossible, owing to the uncertainty with regard to rejections, failures 
to report, etc., to state how many men should have been drafted in 
that county to meet the deficiency of 19 men that existed after the 
readjustment of credits, or to state how many of the men who were 
actually drafted in that county under the call of March 14, 1864, 
should not liave been ch'afted had the readjustment of credits been 
made promptly. 

It is also entirely impracticable to ascertain the names of individ- 
uals and other facts regarchng men ch^afted in excess in Bracken 
County, or in any of the 13 other counties particularly referred to 
herein, except upon the presentation of indivitkial cases, accompa- 
nied with sufficient information to enable the AVar Department to 
make intelligently the search of the records required and to identify 
the proper record in each case, if it can be found. In some cases an 
extended search of records of service in Kentucky military organiza- 
tions wouki be required, and in many other cases, so incomplete are 
the records pertaining to the matter, it would be impossible to dis- 
cover any definite data concerning the facts at issue. Some of the 
men drafted in the counties in question failed to report promptly, 
but were afterwards arrested or did actually report, and were there- 
upon held to service, rejected, or released from personal liability 
under the » I raft . Other drafted men, after more or less tlelay, furnished 
substitutes or paid commutation money. Some of the drafted men 
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treated in hospital until such time as they were able to report for 
examination. Still others were examined and held to service, while 
in man}" additional cases the War Department records are wholly 
deficient in information regarding the final action taken by the draft 
officers. In many of the cases of indiviikial drafted men, especialh^ 
with respect to those whose cases were not promptly disposed of. 
there would be required an examination of records of draft, of hos- 
pital records, and of regimental records covering a period of a year 
or more, and even then the search for the -desired information might 
be entirely fruitless. In short, it is absolutely necessary, to enable 
the War Department to make an intelligent search of the official 
records in its custody for information regarding the men drafted in 
any of the 14 counties particularly mentioned, and to furnish definite 
information with regard thereto, that the name of the individual con- 
cerning whom information is desired and the county in which he is 
alleged to have been drafted shall be stated in every case, and that, 
in many cases, there be furnished also, if possible, a statement setting 
forth the date when, the place where, and the circumstances under 
which the individual whose case is under consideration was drafted, 
how long and at what place or places he remained under the control 
of the draft officials, and the date when, the place where, and the cir- 
cumstances under which liis case was finally disposed of. 

In view of the fact that the conditions respecting the draft that 
existed in Bracken County have been but recently discovered and 
were not, therefore, incorporated in the letter of August 1, 1907, 
quoted above, it is possible that some cases of men drafted in that 
county who have brought suit in the Court of Claims for refundment 
of money paid for substitutes or as commutation have not been 
referred to this department for report. In the event that any such 
suits have been brought, such pertinent information as the records 
may aft'ord concerning such individuals will be promptly furnished to 
the Court of Claims or the Department of Justice, upon call therefor, 
provided that the call be accompanied with sufficient data, as herein- 
before stated, to enable the department to make an intelligent search 
of the records and to identify those pertaining to each case in which 
search is made. 

Upon an examination of the tables accompanying this report, in 
connection with the explanations made hereinbefore, it will be seen 
that the thirteen counties particularly mentioned in the letter of 
August 1, 1907, are the only counties of Kentucky in which no draft 
would have been reqmred had the readjustment ordered in April, 
1864, been made promptly: that in Bracken County some men, the 
number or names of whom it is impossible to determine, would not 
have been drafted had the readjustment been made promptl}', and 
that in all of the other counties of the State, beyond the possibility of 
a doubt, no men were drafted who would not have been drafted had 
the readjustment in question been made promptly. 

Respectfully submitted. 

F. C. AiNS WORTH, 

The Adjutant-General. 
War Department, 

The Adjutant-GeneraVs Ojfice, July 21, 1909. 
The Secretary of War. 



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DRAFTS ]N KENTUCKY DURING CIVIL WAR. 



No. 1. — Tabulated statement setting forth such information as it is possible to furni-ih 
from ike official records in the War Department concerning (1) the number of men actu.- 
ally credited to the State and to each co^mty of the State in the six districts in which drafts 
loere hM in Kentucky in 1864 under the call of March 14; (2) the number of meri with 
which each county in which there was a draft under the first call should have been credited 
if a proper distribution of credits had been made before the draft under the call of March 
14 was ordered or put into execution, and {S) information as to quotas and credits showing 
the number of citizens of Kentucky drafted in 1864 who would not have been drafted hnd 
the redistribution of credits, as ordered in April, 1864, been made prior to said drafts. 

FIRST DISTRICT. 









Gain of 


Loss of 


Number of 
men with 
which each 
county 
should 
have been 




Number 
drafted 

who would 
not have 

been 
drafted 
had the 

redistribu- 
tion of 

credits as 
ordered 








credits l)v 


credits by 


credited if 








Credits 


readjust- 


readjust- 


a proper 


Number 


County. 


Quota. 


at time. 


ment 


ment 


distribution 


actually 






of draft. 


ordered 


ordered 


of credits 


drafted. 








Apr. 12. 


Apr. 12, 


had been 










1864. 


18(M. 


made be- 














fore the 
draft was 
ordered 




1864, 
been made 












or put into 
execution. 




drafts. 


McCracken 


690 
579 
219 
356 
450 
525 
967 
445 


149 
127 
50 
81 
183 
179 
318 
422 




70 
55 
32 
44 
27 
56 
49 


79 
72 
18 
37 
156 
123 
269 
603 


541 
452 




Union 






Fulton 






Hickman 




i 




Ballard 








Calloway 








Graves 


i87" 






Crittenden 


23 


• 23 


Webster 


627 


144 




14 


130 


483 




Livingston 


384 
2.53 

476 


103 
137 
191 


55- 

59 


20 


83 
192 
250 


281 
116 
285 




Lyon 




Caldwell 




Trigg 


527 


192 


37 




229 


335 




Marshall 


485 


140 


35 




175 












Total 


6.983 


2,416 


373 


367 


2,416 


2,516 


23 



SECOND DISTRICT. 



Christian 


733 
694 
603 

567 
803 
371 
777 
343 
645 
.567 
427 
265 


721 
592 
633 
496 
744 
391 
745 
302 
700 
534 
377 
230 


90' 

23i' 

455 

so" 

135 
100 


40 
361 


681 
231 
723 
179 
543 
622 
1,200 
220 
780 
669 
477 
140 


12 
102 




Hopkins 




Muhlenberg 




Henderson 


317 
201 

82' 

90' 


71 
59 




Daviess 




McLean 




Ohio 


32 
41 


3> 


Hancock 




Breckenridge 




Grayson 


33 
50 
35 


33 


Butler 


50 


Edmonson 






, 


Total 


6,795 


6,465 


1,091 


1,091 


6,465 


435 


115 







FOURTH DISTRICT, 



Shelby 


527 
390 
470 
777 
585 
247 
409 
524 
502 
387 
384 
462 
292 
345 


489 
383 
436 
726 
530 
226 
380 
580 
547 
365 
.381 
424 
265 
313 




24 
94 
203 
318 
253 
119 
161 


465 
289 
233 
408 
277 
107 
219 
872 
879 
362 
514 
644 
358 
418 


54 

60 
87 
102 
24 
50 




Bullitt 






Meade 

Hardin . 




Nelson 




Spencer 






Anderson 


292' 

332 




Washington 




Marion. 


3' 






Lame 


22 
"3 
75 
40 
72 




Green 


133 

220 

93 

105 


:? 


Adair 

Taylor . . 




7.5 
40 


Ca^ey 




72 


Total 


6,301 


6,045 


1,175 


1,175 


6,045 


596 


190 



DKAFTS IN KENTUCKY DURING CIVIL WAR, 



11 



i\i). 1. — Tabulated statement setting forth such information as it is possible to furnish 
from the official records in the War Department concerning the respective drafts in the 
State of Kentucky, ete.^Con tinned. 



FIFTH DISTRICT. 









Gain of 


Loss of 


Number of 
men with 
which each 
county 
should 
have been 




Number 

drafted 

who would 

not have 

been 
drafted 
had the 
redistribu- 
tion of 
credits as 
ordered 
in April, 

1864, 
been made 








credits by 


credits by 


credited if \ 






Credits 


readjust- 


readjust- 


a proper i Number 


rountv. 


Quota. 


at time. 


ment 


ment 


distribution actually 






of draft. 


ordered 


ordered 


of credits i drafted". 








Apr. 12, 


Apr. 12, 


had been 










1864. 


18(i4. 


made be- 














fore the 
draft was 
ordered 














or put into 
execution. 




drafts. 


Jeflerson 


6.240 
.321 
591 
818 


6,047 
279 
518 
753 


826 




6,873 
208 
349 
167 


299 
51 
108 
108 


299 


Oldham 


71 

169 
586 




Henry 






Owen 












Total 


7,970 


7,597 


826 


826 


7,597 


566 


299 







SIXTH DISTRICT. 





1,849 
1,484 
653 
686 
594 
652 
508 
271 
.348 
262 


1,080 
837 
398 
.530 
428 
467 
365 
168 
199 
142 




268 
35 
207 


812 
802 
191 
667 
826 
508 
556 
172 
62 
18 


1,595 
1.348 
337 
208 
219 
185 
202 
103 
180 
162 




Campbell 


137 

398 

41 

191 

4 




Boone 




Bracken 


(o) 


Pendleton 




219 


Harrison 






Grant 


■ ■" 


202 


Gallatin 


i37" 

124 




Carroll 




Trimble 








Total .. 


7,. 307 


4,614 


771 


771 


4,614 


4,539 


(?) 





SEVENTH DISTRICT. 



Nicholas 


523 
466 
431 
823 
499 
359 
475 
408 
505 
326 
339 


412 
.3.53 . 


52 


112 
105 

78 

255 

79 


464 
241 
215 
607 
123 
207 
586 
270 
677 
289 
.540 


141 .... 
126 .... 
138 .... 
170 .... 
159 .... 
89 .... 

65 




Bourbon 




Clarke 


320 




Fayette 


<i85 






Scott 


378 !... 






Woodford 


286 






Franklin 


481 1 
,387 1... 
396 ] 
261 
260 


105 

" '281' 

28 

280 




.Jessamine 




Mercer. . 


65 


Bovle 




Lincoln 


92 


92 









Total 


5, 154 


4,219 


746 


746 


4,219 


1,055 

1 


157 







a Impossible to supply data. 



12 



DRAFTS IN KENTUCKY DURING CIVIL WAR. 



No. 1. — Tabulated statement setting forth such information as it is possible to urmsi' 
from the official records in tlie War Department concerning the respectire drafts in fhr 
State of Kentucky, etc. — Continued. 



RECAPITULATION BY DISTRICTS. 











Nimiber 










drafted who 










would not 










have been 




Quota 






drafted had 




under 


Credits 


Numlser 


the redistri- 


Districts. 


call of 


at time 


aetually 


bution of 


. 


Mar. 14. 


of draft. 


drafted. 


credits as 




1864. 






ordered in 

April, 1864. 

lieen made 

prior to 

drafts. 


First. 


6,983 


2,416 


2,516 
435 


23 


Second 


6,795 


6,465 


115 


Third 


5,136 
6,301 
7,970 
7,307 


5,297 
6,045 
7,597 
4,614 






Fourth 


596 

566 

4,539 


190 


Fifth 


299 


Sixth . . . . 


6 421 


Seventh 


5,154 


4,219 


1,055 


157 


Eighth 


5,702 


o7,124 






Ninth . . 


5,760 


«7,119 












Total 


57, 108 


50,896 


9,707 


* 1.205 







a Total credits as shown by return of quotas and credits for month ending May 31, 1864. 
b Excluding Bracken Coimty, concerning which it is impossilile to supply data indicated. 

No. 2. — Tabulated statement showing credits and quotas on August .31, 1864, which is the 
nearest date preceding the commencement of the .^iecond draff concerning which pertinent 
information can be given. 

FIRST DISTRICT. 



County. 



MoCracken 

Union 

Fulton 

Hickman 

Ballard 

Callaway 

Graves 

Crittenden 

Webster 

Livingston 

Lyon 

Caldwell 

Trigg 

Marshall 

District at large 

Total 



Total 
quotas. 



579 
219 
356 
450 
525 
967 
445 
627 
384 
253 
476 
527 
485 
,733 



9,716 



Total 
credits. 



732 
624 
219 
356 
455 
526 
1,027 
596 
640 
390 
265 
482 
542 



Deficien- 



Surplus 



7,432 



SECOND DISTRICT. 



Christian 


1,013 

1,1&3 

826 

1,214 

1,246 

371 

830 

519 

853 

630 

541, 

407 


736 
700 
733 
760 
863 
622 
1,213 
349 
760 
660 
523 
274 


277 
483 
93 
454 
383 




Hopkins 




Muhlenberg 




Henderson 

Daviess 




McLean 


251 


Ohio 




383 


Hancock 


170 
93 




Breckinridge 




Grayson 


30 


Butler 


18 
133 












Total 


9,633 


8,193 


2,104 


664 







a This quota not divided among counties on account of the impossibility of obtaining a correct enrollment . 



DRAFTS IN KENTUCKY DURING CIVIL WAR. 



13 



Xo. 2. — Tabulated statement showing credits and quotas on August SI, 1864, which is the 
nearest date preceding the commencement of the second draft concerning which pertinent 
information can he given — Continued. 



THIRD DISTRICT. 



County. 


Total 
quotas. 


Total 
credits. 


Deficien- 
cies. 


Surplus. 


Warren 


1,169 

1,143 

- 663 

■573 

723 

547 

398 

381 

1.052 

446 

336 

150 


848 
824 
429 
381 
536 
677 
610 
429 
724 
684 
551 
478 


321 
319 
234 
192 

187 




Logan : 




Todd 




Simpson 




Allen 




Hart 


130 


Metcalfe 




•>12 






48 


Barren 


328 






•'38 


Cn.nherland 




215 


Clinton 




328 








Total 


7,581 


7,171 


1,581 


1 171 







FOURTH DISTRICT. 



Shelljv \ 


919 
581 
774 
1.210 
1.045 
407 
687 
544 
543 
527 
474 
484 
343 
345 


652 
393 
497 
797 j 
692 ! 
256 1 
425 
907 . 
951 . 
395 
.584 . 
731 1. 
450 1. 
456 1. 


267 
188 
277 
413 
353 
211 
262 




Bullitt 




Meade 




Hardin 




Nelson 




Spencer 




Anderson 




Washington 


363 


Marion 


"'i32' 


408 


Larue 




Oreene . . 


110 






247 


Tavlor 


107 


Casey 


111 








Total 


8,943 


8,186 


2, 103 


1.346 



FIFTH DISTRICT. 



Jefferson 


8,046 
526 i 
958 1 

1,571 


7,201 
335 
599 
853 


845 
191 
.3.59 
718 




Oldham 




Henry 












Total 


11,101 


8,988 


2,113 ' 









SIXTH DISTRICT. 



Kenton 


2,271 1 

1. 772 1 

1,157 

864 1 

637 

1,077 

680 

418 

599 

.500 


1.962 
1,538 

699 

764 

958 . 

822 

649 ■ 

286 

.359 

264 1 


309 
234 
458 
100 

'255' 
31 
132 
240 
236 








Boone. . . ..*... 








Pendleton 


321 


Harrison 




(irant . . 




(iallatin 




Carroll 




Trimble 








Total 


9,975 


8,301 1 


1,996 


321 







; 



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DRAFTS IN KENTUCKY DURING CIVIL WAR. 



No. 2. — Tabulated statement showing credits and quotas on August 31, 1864, which is tiic 
nearest date preceding the commencement of the second draft concerning ivhich pertinent 
information can be given — Continued. 

SEVENTH DISTRICT. 



EIGHTH DISTRICT. 



Carrard i 532 

Madison 1, 117 

Estill 398 

Owslev i 215 

Wolf . ; ,. I 282 

Breathitt 427 

Perrv 233 

Letcher 279 

Harlan .551 

Clay • 417 

Laurel I 395 

Jackson i 237 

Rockcastle 315 

Pulaski 813 

Wavne .' 572 

Whitley 607 

Knox . . - : 522 

Tolul 7,912 

NINTH DISTRICT. 

Lewis 48S 

Oreeinip 668 

Hoyd 479 

Carlpr M'3 

Rowan 178 

Mason 1, 157 

Fleming 859 

Montgomery 551 

Bath ." 563 

Powell 169 

.\Iagomn 267 

Johnston 345 

Lawrence 373 

Floyd 403 

Pike 343 

Morgan 639 

Total 7, 985 



706 
918 
629 
498 
172 
229 
216 
1.58 
352 
557 
418 
269 



665 
677 
391 
716 
152 
1, 192 
771 
350 
674 
128 
185 
369 
562 
295 
512 
372 



County. 


Total 
quotas. 


Total 
credits. 


Defieien- 
cies. 


Surplus 




697 
804 
782 
1,249 
998 
661 
613 
683 
510 
393 
375 


5.56 
602 
.516 
1,222 
601 
506 
726 
469 
916 
592 
702 


141 
202 
266 
27 
397 
155 








Clarke 








Scotl 








Franklin 


113 




214 






406 


Boyle 




199 






327 








Total 


7, 765 


7,408 


1,402 


1 , 045 







199 



110 
198 
17 
121 
199 



108 
267' 



231 
283 



140 
23 
32 



474 
1..362 




1.59 
549 


500 


72 




527 
514 


80 ... 

8 ... 




8.499 


1,004 


1,.591 



9 

21.3 

35 



24 
189 



S,0U 



901 



169 
927 



RECAPITULATION, BY DISTRICTS. 



o 



First 


9,716 
9,633 
7, 581 
8,943 
11,101 
9,975 
7, 765 
7,912 
7,985 


7,342 
8,193 
7,171 
8,186 
8,988 
8, 301 
7,408 
8,499 
8,011 








2,104 
1,581 
2,103 
2,113 
1,995 
1,402 
1,004 
901 


664 


Third 


1,171 


Fourth . . 


1,346 


Fifth 




Sixth 


321 


Seventh . 


1,045 


Eighth 


1,591 


Ninth 


927 






Total for State... 


so, 611 


72,099 


13.203 


7.065 



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